Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring …
WEB14 hours ago · WASHINGTON – Today, October 8, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require more rigorous testing of drinking water and a lower threshold requiring communities to take action to protect people from lead exposure in water.
In final rule, EPA requires removal of all US lead pipes in a decade
WEB11 hours ago · The White House has made removing every lead pipe within 10 years in the United States a centerpiece of its plan to address racial disparities and environmental issues in the wake of water ...
Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes …
WEB23 hours ago · DENVER – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years.To support that requirement, EPA is announcing $168,106,000 in newly available drinking water infrastructure funding for the EPA Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming through the ...
Biden Requires Lead Drinking-Water Pipes to be Replaced …
WEB14 hours ago · The E.P.A. estimates that water utilities must replace about nine million lead pipes at a total cost of $20 billion to $30 billion over a decade. While much of that cost will fall to the utilities ...
EPA requires water utilities to replace all lead pipes within a …
WEB14 hours ago · October 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EDT. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes within a decade, a move aimed at eliminating a ...
Biden moves to replace all lead pipes within the next decade
WEB3 hours ago · President Joe Biden took a major step toward eliminating the national scourge of lead pipes, unveiling a new rule mandating the removal of all lead pipes within the next decade, in addition to $2. ...
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes ...
WEB13 hours ago · EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Milwaukee is one of many cities across the country taking steps to remove lead pipes from their drinking water. Officials are using money from the federal infrastructure law to accelerate lead-pipe replacement work and meet a goal to remove all lead pipes within …
EPA Finalizes Mass Lead Drinking Water Pipe Replacement Plan (1)
WEB10 hours ago · The Environmental Protection Agency finalized its Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, or LCRI, regulation that replaces a Trump-era rule and increases the pace of lead service line replacement from about 3% annually to 10% annually over 10 years beginning in 2027. The EPA estimates that up to 9 …
Biden to announce $2.6B in funding to replace all lead pipes ... - CBS News
WEB14 hours ago · The EPA estimates that nine million homes in the U.S. have lead pipes. The city of Milwaukee, where Mr. Biden will make the announcement, has 65,000 lead pipes, which the city says will cost an ...
EPA, Biden admin pushes to remove all lead pipes in a decade
WEB6 hours ago · In final rule, EPA requires removal of all US lead pipes in a decade. The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every ...